Hi, i can not find medieval (horseback archers) in the technology tree.
Is this a new unit?
What i need?

Thanks,


Moncofa

same here im also confused by this ???????? :s

I suppose that unit is not implemented yet?

There is no "medieval (horseback archers)".
There is a "medieval archer" that is on foot and according to the "online manual" the technology for archery can be researched after the "blacksmith shop" is built which can be built as early as first turn by your commandeers but most players concentrate on building up their economy a little first (i.e. before researching archery).

The blacksmith shop is okay to build on the first turn but if you want to get "tax reform" early, you have to be careful of how much gold you spend or then you will also have to build a market so that you can sell resources to get enough gold to buy the "tax reform".

TR

Last Edited : Wednesday, 13 April 2005 - 09:42

I'm sure the reason the question came up is because "Horsemen" is the current troop of the day, listed as a medieval unit, and described as "This archer on horseback is able to strike from a distance and also move at great speeds."

Okay
I didn't see that the horseman was "troop of the day" but it is an old graphic picture and he is now called a "scout" which is a basic given unit. He is actually now a "horse mounted lancer" unit I believe.

PS:
I usually make sure I assign at least one scout to each barracks at start because scouts are good units to produce in mass production especially when you can't afford more advanced units.

TR

Thanks,
Luger was right, was about the trop of the day.
TaurusRex if do not exist the his horseman archer i do not understand why is the trop of the day.

Moncofa

The scout horseman does't look like the "troop of the day" anymore but the "troop of the day" is supposed to be the scout which scout unit doesn't carry or use a bow.
He is actually a "horse mounted lancer" now.

TR

Holy crap man they were asking for a simple answer not a whole days worth of strategy...

That was an old troop that was implemented long ago and later taken out...i BELIVE that they were not the old scouts though...scouts have always been scouts...the reason they are still in troop of the day i guess is because req is too lazy to take em off the list of troops

"UB"
Am I wrong?
Is the "troop of the day" that was shown as a "horse archer"
NOT intended to indicate that the troop that we know now as a scout was "troop of the day"?
Also if you read the entire explanation you will realise that I thought they were interested in finding out how to get archery because although I'm familar with the old horse archer, I didn't realise they were referring to the "troop of the day" and so that's why I made the effort to explain how to get archery to them.

PS:
The ancient Chinese say that when you help someone you become obligated to try to be sure that you didn't cause them a problem and now that we all know this I hope everyone gets hooked on the idea.

TR

Last Edited : Thursday, 14 April 2005 - 03:45

lol, TR i didnt even notice it was you
Well he 1.wanted to know HOW to get it and 2.once he knew you could not he was wondering why

And the answer is.... The Horse archer was a unit within it's self. It was used a long long time ago, even before my days. However, it was planned to be brought back with the current version, but was decided not too. Req just never removed it from the T.O.T.D. When it is troop of the day it has no impact on the game, it is not the current scout.

There have been many units that were tried and removed. I can remember a light cav unit, a guard dog unit, a flying eagle unit. The eagle was screwed up from the start and never could leave the castle. Soon the new version will be out, Wars of Kings, I believe it will be called. There will be no changes in this version till then.

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Last Edited : Tuesday, 19 April 2005 - 04:49

I messaged Moncofa,
to re-read this and I explained that my answer was wrong but that I thought it was right.

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